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How We Test and Score

Our testing team includes knowledgeable internal staff, as well as external experts who are respected industry-wide. In our Group Tests, we aim to look at a broad range of products around a common theme.

This might mean including products that do the same thing but which are aimed at different markets - in this case, we will review them both in that context and on their own merits.

With an increasingly diverse range of products, it is not always possible to make direct comparisons to other products

Our final conclusions and ratings are subject to the judgement of the reviewer

What the Stars mean

Our star ratings indicate how well the product has performed against each of our test criteria.

These are marked as follows:

Seriously deficient

Fails to complete certain basic functions

Carries out all basic functions to a satisfactory level

Carries out all basic functions very well

Outstanding

Approved/Recommended/Best Buy

Any product we review could win our Best Buy and Recommended awards.

Best Buy is out top award and goes to those products we rate as outstanding across a range of criteria.

Recommended means that the product has shone in a specific area or will suit a particular need very well

SC Magazine arms information security professionals with the in-depth, unbiased business and technical information they need to tackle the countless security challenges they face and establish risk management and compliance postures that underpin overall business strategies.